Stephan Hochdörfer

We've been using a private Composer repository since the early days of Composer, starting with Satis, then migrating to Satisfy, and finally to Repman for better organization support.

As a big Symfony UX fan, I was excited to explore the new components included in the latest Symfony UX release. Previously, I've blogged about Twig Components and Live Components, but there's more to discover.

It's that time again! We're excited to announce the June meetup of the PHP User Group Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar. Join us on the 25th of June for our next meetup.

I'm happy to announce that I'll be joining the celebrations at the 10-year anniversary of the PHP Developer Day Conference on September 25th, organized by my friends at the PHP Usergroup Dresden.

I've been using OpenCode for my AI development workflow over the past six months. I like the flexibility and extensibility of OpenCode. However, one feature I missed was the ability to receive sound notifications when my attention was required.

In a Nomad job file, template blocks are a convenient way to ship configuration files that are populated from environment variables, Vault secrets, or just general configurations.

API Platform Conference 2026 is back on September 17–18, 2026 in Lille, France.

The Sylius framework, built on top of Symfony, offers a robust foundation for e-commerce applications. One of its strengths is the ease of integrating Symfony UX components, such as the autocomplete element, into the Sylius Admin UI. However, when dealing with translatable Sylius entities, the Symfony UX Autocomplete component requires additional configuration to function properly.

While experimenting with the new Symfony AI component, I realized that you cannot only build MCP servers for your application but also have an MCP server integrated that exposes insights in your Symfony app for your coding agent. This component is called the AI Mate.

Our next PHPUG Frankfurt meetup is scheduled for the 21st of May 2026 at the office from our friends at Reservix.